Pal Joey (1957) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Joey Evans is charming, handsome, funny, talented, and a first class, A-number-one heel. When Joey meets the former chorus girl ("She used to be 'Vera...with the Vanishing Veils'") and now ... See full summary » Director: Dorothy Kingsley (screenplay), John O'Hara (from the musical play book by) Stars: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence.

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Dexter-Haven, a successful popular jazz musician, lives in a mansion near his ex-wife's Tracy Lord's family estate. She is on the verge of marrying a man blander and safer than Dex, ... See full summary » Director: Charles Walters Montmartre, 1896: the Can-Can, the dance in which the women lift their skirts, is forbidden. Nevertheless Simone has it performed every day in her night club. Her employees use their female... See full summary » Director: Walter Lang In the post-war, the alcoholic and bitter veteran military and former writer Dave Hirsch returns from Chicago to his hometown Parkman, Indiana. He is followed by Ginnie Moorehead, a vulgar ... See full summary » Director: Vincente Minnelli A small-time gambler hired to work in a Buenos Aires casino learns that his ex-lover is married to his employer. Director: Charles Vidor Upset about a new Broadway musical's mockery of Greek mythology, the goddess Terpsichore comes down to earth and lands a part in the show. She works her charms on the show's producer and he... See full summary » Director: Alexander Hall A self-righteous missionary man seeks to save the soul of a former prostitute.

Director: Curtis Bernhardt Two sailors, one naive, the other experienced in the ways of the world, on liberty in Los Angeles, is the setting for this movie musical. Director: George Sidney A strung-out junkie deals with a demoralizing drug addiction while his crippled wife and card sharks pull him down. Director: Otto Preminger In Chicago, during the Prohibition, two rival gangs compete for control of the city's rackets. Director: Gordon Douglas The Acunas, a rich Argentine family, have the tradition that the daughters have to get married in order, oldest first. When sister #1 gets married, sisters #3 and #4 put pressure on Maria, ... See full summary » Director: William A. Seiter Edit Storyline Joey Evans is charming, handsome, funny, talented, and a first class, A-number-one heel. When Joey meets the former chorus girl ("She used to be 'Vera...with the Vanishing Veils'") and now rich widow Vera Simpson, the two lecherous souls seem made for each other. That is, until Linda English comes along. Linda is a "mouse on the chorus line" and built like there's no tomorrow.

But she's the typical good little girl from a good little home -- just the right ingredient to louse up Joey's cushy set up. Written by A.L.Beneteau <albl@inforamp.net> JOY STORY OF JOEY...(the heel)! See more » Genres: 25 October 1957 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Sus dos cariños See more » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia Columbia Pictures head Harry Cohn suggested Marlene Dietrich for the role of Vera Simpson. Dietrich turned down the part but suggested her friend Frank Sinatra for the role of Joey after Gene Kelly was denied the part. Cohn suggested Jack Lemmon before Sinatra was eventually cast. See more » Goofs At the microphone, when Joey informs the employees that Chez Joey will not open any more, his arms are in front of him/behind him from one shot to another. See more » Quotes Linda English : I wasn't myself. Joey Evans : Whoever you were, you were great!

What Do I Care For a Dame (uncredited) (New York City) – See all my reviews If you read my title, that's probably all I should have to say about this one. But I'll flesh it out for you a bit. If you couldn't tell, this is one of my favorite musicals, and one of my favorite films, period. In my view, there's not a flaw to be had here--we'd have to invent one, and it would be implausible. I give plenty of 10s, but quite a few are like rating a one-scoop ice cream cone where they forgot the cone, but where there's an extra scoop of ice cream in an attractive dish to make up for it. Pal Joey is like a one-scoop ice cream cone where not only is the cone there, it's the kind of cone you love, and there are two extra scoops of ice cream that happen to be your favorite flavors. Frank Sinatra is Joey Evans, a peripatetic musician who is also quite popular with women, but who has a reputation for not being exactly dependable or trustworthy.

As the film opens he's being put on a train with a one-way ticket out of town because he was caught in an almost compromising situation with the Mayor's underaged daughter. He makes his way to San Francisco, where he sees that an old "friend"--more like an old debtee, Ned Galvin (Bobby Sherwood), is leading the band in a local club, The Barbary Coast. Joey finagles his way into a job, made more enticing to him, aside from the fact that he's broke, by the large number of very attractive women performers. But the club owner, Mike Miggins (Hank Henry), can see through his conniving ways. Joey, who dreams of one day having his own club, begins falling for Linda English (Kim Novak), despite the fact that Ned is head over heels for her and out of all of the women, Linda is the one who wants the least to do with him. He also runs into Vera Simpson (Rita Hayworth) when he does a society gig with Ned. It seems that Vera used to be a showgirl like Linda, but she "married up". Pal Joey is largely about a love triangle between Joey, Linda and Vera.

This is an unusual romance in that for much of its length, all of the involved parties are reluctant. Linda may be attracted to Joey, but she knows better than getting involved with such a shifty womanizer. Vera is likewise cautious--especially since she has an implied history with Joey, and she now has a lot at stake. Joey is more than content to not approach commitment--he's satisfied with the string of women who continually pass through his life, who are all too happy to go out of their way to accommodate him--including doing his laundry and politely looking on and smiling when Joey puts the moves on another "mouse", as he calls them. As for Joey's interest in the two principals, it's not that he's not attracted to either, of course (what woman isn't he attracted to?), but with Vera he's playing her both for her money/social influence and to undermine what he sees as a feigned identity, and with Linda, he's initially attracted because she's playing hard to get. Both Linda and Vera also end up playing Joey to an extent to get back at him for various ethical blunders.

In addition to being intriguing for its uniqueness and relative complexity, all of this works as well as it does because the three leads are incredible performers and the script is intelligent, witty and tightly constructed. Sinatra, Novak and Hayworth are mesmerizing to watch on their own, but they all have great chemistry together, too. The characters seem tailor-made for these actors, despite the fact that the script was based on a popular Broadway show that began its run in 1940, and the Broadway show was itself based on short fiction pieces by John O'Hara that appeared in New Yorker Magazine. Dorothy Kingsley's screenplay is loaded with subtle, quick humor in its clever dialogue. The combination of script, exemplary direction by George Sidney, and the great performances enables a number of very sophisticated dramatic moves, such as the deep backstory between Joey and Vera that is almost completely implied, and the overall atmosphere of the film, with its captivating and paradoxical combination of an ideal, romantic (in a more formal sense) world and a more earthy, cynical reality. The atmosphere is also helped by the lush Technicolor cinematography, with some impressive shots of San Francisco, but equally attractive soundstage set-ups.

It's interesting to note Kim Novak's look here, especially when she's framed against San Francisco cityscapes--it's remarkably prescient of her appearance in Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958). I suppose Pal Joey may have been why Hitchcock decided to cast Novak, and it may have influenced him a bit visually. Before I run out of space, I should mention the music, by the incomparable duo of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, which is one of the best things about the film. Every song in Pal Joey is a gem. As a testament to how good they are, four of them--"I Could Write a Book", "The Lady is a Tramp", "My Funny Valentine", and my personal favorite, "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" (the theme of the film)--have become jazz standards over the years. There have been hundreds of recordings by different artists performing them--for that matter there are hundreds of recordings of "My Funny Valentine" alone. The arrangements (partially by Nelson Riddle) and performances (especially by Sinatra, but that probably goes without saying) in the film are sublime.

If you're a jazz lover, the film would be worth viewing for the music alone, but of course it offers much more than that. Unless you simply hate musicals (in which case it's very unlikely that you've read this far), make sure you see Pal Joey at least once. 38 of 41 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes Pal Joey (1957) Starring: Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak - Three Movie Buffs Review Reviewed on: April 25th, 2007 Frank Sinatra in Pal Joey. Pal Joey was originally a Broadway play that starred Gene Kelly. When Kelly came to MGM it was supposed to be made into a film, and Kelly would reprise his stage role. Instead, the project sat around for some 10 years before Sinatra, always eager to play a gigolo, took over as the lead. Sinatra stars as lady killer/night club singer, Joey Evans. As the movie opens he is being kicked out of town for messing with the Mayor's under aged daughter. He ends up in San Francisco singing in a dive on the wrong side of the tracks.

He vows to turn over a new leaf, but before he knows it, he is back to flirting with every girl in the chorus and falling for one in particular, Novak. To further complicate his life, a rich society lady, Vera, shows up one night at the club. Joey recognizes her from years before when she was a stripper. Joey lays the charm on her and they end up going to her yacht. Vera explains that her husband died three years ago. Joey then says, "Three years is a long time between drinks." Vera then slaps Joey, but they still end up enjoying a drink. I love old movie's euphemisms for sex. Before you know it, Joey is Vera's boy toy. He makes himself available for sex, whenever she wants it, and she agrees to put the money up for a nightclub, Chez Joey. Joey moves the entire staff from the dive to his new club, including Novak who is now competing with Vera for Joey's attention. Frank Sinatra was at the very pinnacle of his 1950's "cool" phase. He works the hat and overcoat for effect better than Humphrey Bogart.

He had just starred in High Society the previous year and had just released his popular album Songs For Swinging Lovers. In 1957, he was to the middle aged what Elvis Presley was to the teenagers. Pal Joey was Hayworth's last movie for Columbia Pictures, after being with them for 20 years. Novak was Columbia's current sex symbol on the rise and their answer to Marilyn Monroe. Novak would have her time in the spotlight, but she never quite reached the stardom of Hayworth or Monroe. The cast is great, but one of the best things about Pal Joey are the songs. I love that old swing/pop standard music and was surprised to find that I knew almost every song in the movie. Nearly every song is a classic standard. From My Funny Valentine to Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered to The Lady is a Tramp to, my personal favorite, I Could Write a Book, I was singing along the entire movie. This soundtrack is Rodgers and Hart's best work. The one drawback to Pal Joey is, one that always bugs me and my brothers, that of the ambiguous ending. Joey ends up with one of the girls but nothing is set in stone.

She suggests marriage to him. He shrugs that off and then they walk off together. Normally I would assume that meant a happy ending, but Joey is played as such a gigolo the whole movie that I hardly feel that he will actually settle down. Did you enjoy Eric's review? +13 Reviewed on: September 18th, 2013 Rita Hayworth and Kim Novak dance around Frank Sinatra in Pal Joey. Actually Eric, it was after the success of Cover Girl for Columbia Pictures in 1944 that Harry Cohn promised this movie to Gene Kelly, with Rita Hayworth in the role that Kim Novak would eventually play. By the time the movie was ready to go, a dozen years had passed and Kelly was now under contract to MGM so he lost the part to his old friend and frequent costar Frank Sinatra. Hayworth was now deemed too old to play Linda English so she was cast as Vera Simpson instead (ironically, although she is playing “the older woman”, Hayworth was actually three years younger than Sinatra). Pal Joey had been a hit on the stage with Gene Kelly in 1940 but it was an even bigger hit in the 1952 Broadway revival.

Several changes were made to the show in the transition from stage to screen. The setting was changed from Chicago to San Francisco, Joey went from being a nightclub hoofer to a singer, and the ending was changed so that Joey doesn't wind up alone as he did in the stage version. As for the songs Eric mentioned, only “I Could Write a Book” and “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered” were written specifically for this show. “The Lady is a Tramp” and “My Funny Valentine” were recycled from Rodgers and Hart's 1937 Broadway musical Babes in Arms specifically for this movie version. Both Rita Hayworth's and Kim Novak's singing voices were dubbed, (although Hayworth was allowed to record the introductions to her songs) by Jo Ann Greer and Trudy Stevens, respectively. In the final dream sequence number Hayworth proves that although she was nearly 15 years older than her competition, she could still dance circles around Novak (see photo). But Pal Joey belongs to Frank Sinatra. It is his signature role. Joey Evans is very much like how you would imagine Sinatra to have been in real life. He's uneducated, ambitious, and misogynistic.

He calls women “mice” and treats them as if they were put on this planet for his pleasure alone. He is also the essence of “cool” and is immensely talented (after all he sings just like Frank Sinatra). Sinatra gallantly took second billing to Hayworth even though he is clearly the star of the movie. He was quoted as saying, about being billed between his female costars, “That's a sandwich I don't mind being stuck in the middle of.” In one scene with Hayworth Sinatra reportedly got an erection. If you watch carefully you can see Hayworth glance down and then smile while Sinatra holds his coat strategically placed to block the camera's view as he exits the scene. Pal Joey's only real weakness is the ending. I agree with Eric that there is no way Joey and Linda will have a happy ending together. They should have stuck with the original ending. Joey deserves to be alone after the way he treats women as disposable/interchangeable items. Regardless, Pal Joey stands as the definitive musical role of Frank Sinatra's illustrious career. Did you enjoy Patrick's review? +12 Reviewed on: November 8th, 2015 Frank Sinatra in Pal Joey.

The happy Hollywood ending does feel out of place. And it's not just Sinatra turning over a new leaf as Joey that seems phony. Hayworth, as Vera, suddenly turns unbelievably honorable in the film's final moments. She goes from ordering Joey to fire Linda when she sees him watching her sing, to nobly driving Linda down to the club to meet Joey and wishing her luck with him. To me, her actions seems even more out of character than Joey falling in love with Linda. Another major change from the musical is that Vera, while a widow in the film, is married in the stage version and carrying on an adulterous affair with Joey. As Patrick noted, the 1952 revival was much more successful than the original 1940 version. It took those 12 years for Broadway audiences to appreciate such an antihero as Joey. Five years later and Hollywood wasn't willing to test movie audiences or the dying Hayes Production Code in the same way.

They even edited some of the songs, most notably "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered", from which they removed the lines, "Horizontally speaking, he's at his very best" and "Vexed again, Perplexed again, Thank God I can be oversexed again." Ending aside, this is still a very entertaining musical. Sinatra is as cool and perfect in the part as my brothers have said. This part is so much in tune with his persona, that it doesn't even look like acting. It just looks like Sinatra being Sinatra. He sings, he drinks, he smokes, and he seduces the women, all while wearing his trademark fedora. His effortless charm and singing talents allows him to get away with his bad behavior. He won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Musical/Comedy, but the award might as well have been for Best Frank Sinatra. Hayworth and Novak do nice supporting work, but they are definitely supporting. It is disappointing that they both had their singing voices dubbed. Reportedly Hayworth hated being dubbed throughout her career and attended voice lessons for years, but Columbia Chief Harry Cohn never considered her good enough to do her own singing.

Her casting is rather interesting because of her age. As Patrick said, in reality she was 3 years younger than Sinatra, but still considered the older woman. Of course in Hollywood, the norm is to pair older men with younger women. Novak was 18 years younger than Sinatra, for example, and that's a trend that hasn't changed even in modern Hollywood. The songs are all classics. Some of Rodgers and Hart's best work, as Eric said. Sinatra belts them out in that inimitable style of his. He's particularly good on "The Lady is a Tramp", which he sings with a message to Hayworth's Vera. One other change from the stage musical is that here all of the songs are sung on stage, except for "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered", which Hayworth sings in her bedroom and Sinatra reprises on the yacht. Even in Sinatra's dream number near the film's climax, the trio performs on a stage. In the original musical, characters broke into song in the middle of scenes to convey their emotions in the more traditional musical style. In many of Sinatra's best musicals, he performs with a partner or as part of an ensemble.

He made three movies with Gene Kelly, several with his Rat Pack, and was part of an ensemble in several others, notably High Society, the year before this one. Pal Joey, despite the big name female co-stars, he carries all on his own. For that and many other reasons, this is the definitive Frank Sinatra musical. Did you enjoy Scott's review? +4 Pal Joey (1957): Musical Starring Frank Sinatra, Rita Hayworth and Kim Novak | Emanuel Levy Pal Joey (1957): Musical Starring Frank Sinatra, Rita Hayworth and Kim Novak February 14, 2011 by EmanuelLevy Leave a Comment The John O’Hara-Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart Broadway musical “Pal Joey” created a stir during its original theatrical run in 1940 due to its outre subject matter and flawed hero. The seamy-erotic nature of the plot and the double-entendre song lyrics (especially the original words for “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered”) were way ahead of their times as far as mainstream tunes go.

The musical is based on a character that O’Hara created in several short stories published in The New Yorker, which he later published in novel form. The title character, Joey Evans, is a manipulative small-time nightclub performer whose ambitions lead him into an affair with the wealthy, middle-aged and married Vera Simpson. Some of the songs, such as “I Could Write a Book” and “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered,” have become legendary. The original 1940 Broadway production was directed by George Abbott and starred Vivienne Segal and Gene Kelly. O’Hara offered his stories to Rodgers and Hart for adaptation as a musical. Joey Evans, an unsympathetic but charming protagonist, deviated from the norm of most musical comedies. The lead part was originally intended for Marlon Brando with George Cukor directing, but it was ultimately played by Frank Sinatra under the helm of George Sidney. The protag, Joey Evans, is essentially a schemingly rotten, unapologetically upwardly mobile guy, who does not hesitate to dump his nice girl who truly love him, when she becomes an obstacle to his ambitious career.

Instead, he courts and has an affair with a wealthy older woman (Rita Hayworth) in order to realize his dream of owning his own nightclub. On Broadway, it was played by the very youn Gene Kelly, who was not a movie star yet. Columbia bought the rights for the show as a vehicle for Kelly. But by the time the film was seriously considered, Kelly had become a big MGM star. Due to censorship (the Production Code) and moralistic times, “Pal Joey” could not be faithfully filmed back in the 1940s. But in 1957, when the screen version was finally released, movie censorship was beginning to relax. Sinatra, then at the prime of his screen career (he won the Supporting Actor Oscar for “From Here to Eternitÿ”), is well cast as the ambitious and immoral lounge singer-dancer Joey Evans. The relationship between Joey and his older benefactress Vera Simpson (Rita Hayworth, who in real life was younger than Sinatra, but was beginning to age rapidly) is implied and suggested rather than overtly stated.

In fact, Columbia asked writer Dorothy Kingsley to retouch O’Hara’s riske scenario and turn Joey into a more amiable and nicer guy. In contrast to Vera, chorus girl Linda English (Kim Novak, who would replace Hayworth as Columbia’s top female star) is decent and simple; initially, she is against doing a striptease. Under Sidney’s helm, the Rodgers and Hart songs, which seemed cynical and ironic in 1940, are given the lavish and luxurious Hollywood treatment, but they offer some visual pleasure. Among the popular tunes are “The Lady Is a Tramp,” “I Didn’t Know What Time It Was,” “My Funny Valentine,” and “There’s a Small Hotel,” which was borrowed from other Rodgers and Hart shows. My favorite songs in the movie are: “The Lady Is a Tramp,” Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered,” abd “I Could Write a Book.” Some of the original numbers, such as “You Mustn’t Kick It Around” and “Den of Iniquity,” were excised in order to please the PCA.

Needless to stay neither star could sing, and so, as was the common preactice at the time, Rita Hayworth was dubbed by Jo Ann Greer, and Kim Novak by Trudy Erwin. Even so, just to watch the beautiful Hayworth and Novak sharing the same screen (and man) is delightful enough. Oscar Nominations: 4 Blu-ray Review - Pal Joey Audio (1-20): 17 Extras: C+ "Pal Joey" was a somewhat provocative experiment by the musical team of Richard Rodgers and Florenz Hart that made it first to Broadway in 1940. Based on a series of John O'Hara stories in "The New Yorker" magazine, it told a somewhat uncompromising tale of Chicago hoofer Joey Evans who borrows money and beds girls with little concern for his actions. Among his conquests are naive stenographer Linda English and bored society woman Vera Simpson who later proves to be a ready source of funding for a place of Joey's own - Chez Joey. Gene Kelly played the part onstage. It was not until 1957, however, that Pal Joey came to the screen.

The eventual catalyst for the filmed version was a successful 1952 Broadway revival, with Columbia Pictures capturing the rights and finally releasing the film in 1957. And in predictable Hollywood fashion, changes were made in the basic property, though one is not hard-pressed to admit that all are changes for the better. The story was set in San Francisco instead of Chicago and its protaganist was changed from a Chicago hoofer to a singer and lounge act presenter. That allowed Columbia to employ Frank Sinatra in the lead role. The two key female roles found the Linda English character now a dumb chorine played by Kim Novak with great appeal and the society woman Vera Simpson still wealthy but now given a burlesque background and handed to former Columbia meal-ticket Rita Hayworth. A good chunk of the original stage score was dropped and some more-famous Rodgers and Hart numbers were substituted. The resulting film score featured the likes of the following for Frank to perform: "I Didn't Know What Time It Was". "There's a Small Hotel", "I Could Write a Book", "The Lady Is a Tramp", and "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" - with arrangements by Nelson Riddle.

The completed film is a lengthy effort at 111 minutes, but it's a very satisfying entertainment under the able guidance of film music director George Sidney that really utilizes Sinatra to the full. His Joey (Golden Globe win for Sinatra) is virtually type-cast for him, it seems to me - a cocky, happy-in-his-skin character who is fully capable of delivering the goods he promises. It goes without saying that Sinatra's delivery of all the songs is sublime. Both Hayworth and Novak are in top form too. Novak, particularly, steals the female acting honours and really benefits from gowns by Jean Louis that make her look/move fabulous/ly. Both Novak and Hayworth sound in good voice when singing, due however to dubbing by Trudy Stevens and Jo Ann Greer respectively. Some San Francisco-based film footage adds a nice touch of authenticity to the film. Pal Joey is it seems to me another superb example of the old studio system firing on all cylinders - the whole package of music design, art direction, costuming, choreography, and film editing (many Oscar-nominated for Pal Joey) all functioning seamlessly.

With an incredible star package headed by Sinatra on the screen, it's entertainment that's hard to beat! Pal Joey has been available on DVD from Sony for many years, first over a decade ago and more recently as part of The Kim Novak Collection. Now Twilight Time has had the good fortune to be able to release Pal Joey on Blu-ray as a result of its arrangement with Sony. The 1.85:1 Blu-ray image provides a noticeable improvement over the existing DVDs and overall looks excellent, allowing the sumptuous primary colours to shine brightly and with impressive fidelity. Image sharpness is very good and fine level detail is consistently notable throughout. Some modest grain has been appropriately retained. Sound is delivered by a 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio track as well as a 2.0 mix. The former provides a good result that does open up the experience in a satisfying manner, and also introduces some welcome ambient sound effects. Dialogue is always clear and free of any hiss or distortion. Sinatra's singing is very well-conveyed. English SDH subtitling is provided. Supplements as they usually do on Twilight Time releases include a welcome isolated 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio score track.

Also included are a featurette on Kim Novak at her home (interviewed by Stephen Rebello and previously available on the Kim Novak DVD Collection) and a theatrical trailer that features Sinatra. There is also an 8-page insert in the case that includes stills and notes by film historian Julie Kirgo. Highly Recommended! pal joey_film - 必应 ▪ pal joey(musical) Pal Joey Pal Joey is a 1957 American Technicolor musical film, loosely adapted from the musical play of the same name, and starring Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra , and Kim Novak. Jo Ann Greer sang for Hayworth, as she had done previously in Affair in Trinidad and Miss Sadie Thompson. Kim Novak's singing voice was dubbed by Trudy Erwin. George Sidney directed, with the choreography managed by Hermes Pan. Nelson Riddle handled the musical arrangements for the Rodgers and Hart standards "The Lady is a Tramp", "I Didn't Know What Time It Was," "I Could Write a Book" and "There's A Small Hotel." The film is considered by many critics to be the definitive Sinatra vehicle.[citation ...

(展开) needed] Sinatra won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his role as the wise-cracking, hard-bitten Joey Evans. Along with its strong box office success, Pal Joey also earned four Academy Award nominations and one Golden Globe nomination. Pal Joey is one of Sinatra's few post- From Here to Eternity movies in which he did not receive top billing, which surprisingly went to Hayworth. Sinatra was, by that time, a bigger star, and his title role was predominant. When asked about the billing, Sinatra replied, " Ladies first ." He was also quoted as saying that, as it was a Columbia film, Hayworth should have top billing because, "For years, she WAS Columbia Pictures", and that with regard to being billed "between" Hayworth and Novak, "That's a sandwich I don't mind being stuck in the middle of." As Columbia’s biggest star, Hayworth had been top billed in every film since Cover Girl in 1944, but her tenure was soon to end, in 1959 with Gary Cooper in They Came to Cordura.

Amazon.com: Pal Joey: Bobby Sherwood, Hank Henry, Barbara Nichols, Elizabeth Patterson, Frank Sinatra, Rita Hayworth, Kim Novak, George Sidney, Fred Kohlmar, Essex-George Sidney Prods.: Movies & TV Ad feedback Special Offers and Product Promotions Editorial Reviews Product Description Based on the hit Rodgers and Hart musical of the same name, PAL JOEY follows Joey Evans (Frank Sinatra, From Here to Eternity), a charming nightclub singer who is very popular with the chorus girls in his show. Joey has a comfortable relationship with Vera (Rita Hayworth, Gilda), a former dancer who is now a rich widow. But when Linda (Kim Novak, Vertigo) enters his life, Joey suddenly has to choose between convenience and something far more substantial. Amazon.com First born in the pages of The New Yorker, then translated into a hit Rodgers and Hart Broadway musical, the title character of Pal Joey had undergone quite a transformation by the time he hit the movies in 1957.

He was a singer, rather than a dancer, but more importantly he'd had his rough edges sweetly softened; the callous heel dreamed up by novelist John O'Hara was more of a naughty scamp in the film version. However, Pal Joey remains delightfully watchable for two very good reasons: a terrific song score and a surplus of glittering star power. Frank Sinatra, at the zenith of his cocky, world-on-a-string popularity, glides through the film with breezy nonchalance, romancing showgirl Kim Novak (Columbia Pictures' new sex symbol) and wealthy widow Rita Hayworth (Columbia Pictures' former sex symbol). The film also benefits from location shooting in San Francisco, caught in the moonlight-and-supper-club glow of the late '50s. Sinatra does beautifully with the Rodgers and Hart classics "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" and "I Could Write a Book," and his performance of "The Lady Is a Tramp" (evocatively shot by director George Sidney) is flat-out genius.

Sinatra's ease with hep-cat lingo nearly outdoes Bing Crosby at his best, and included in the DVD is a trailer in which Sinatra instructs the audience in "Joey's Jargon," a collection of hip slang words such as "gasser" and "mouse." If not one of Sinatra's very best movies, Pal Joey is nevertheless a classy vehicle that fits like a glove. --Robert Horton Special Features Poster Gallery: Vintage advertising shots of theatrical one-sheets Original "Hep Cat" Theatrical Trailer Instant Access to All Songs Product Details Pal Joey (1957) — Reel SF San Francisco movie locations from classic films Pal Joey (1957) The Movie Pal Joey the movie was released 17 years after Pal Joey the Rogers and Hart musical. It retained about half of the Broadway show's tunes and added a few other Rogers and Hart creations for good measure. The leading man was changed from a dancer ( Gene Kelly ) to a crooner (naturally, since that's what Frank Sinatra did) and the location was changed from Chicago to San Francisco, deeming it a candidate for this blog.

Hollywood's contribution of luxuriant scenes, costumes and music (arranged by Nelson Riddle ) guaranteed the movie a successful reception with critics and at the box office. Several Oscar and Golden Globe nominations followed and Sinatra won the Golden Globe for best actor in a comedy or musical. The movie was directed by George Sydney . (Watch the lighthearted trailer complete with samples of great songs by Sinatra, Rita Hayworth (dubbed by Jo Ann Greer) and Kim Novak (dubbed by Trudy Erwin). The Story Joey Evans (Sinatra) was a wise-cracking semi-likeable crooner who women fawned over even as he treated them as chattel. He is thrown out of town by the local police for bedding the mayor's under-age daughter and ends up in San Francisco singing at a club in the International Settlement. He soon meets the older but wealthy Vera Prentice-Simpson (Hayworth, close to 3 years younger than him in real life) and the younger chorus girl Linda English (Novak). They both angle for marriage but he resists, until one of them softens his heart.

The Locations One Way Ticket Spenger's Fish Grotto, 1919 4th Street, Berkeley, California--- Berkeley Train Station, 4th Street at University Avenue, Berkeley, California West Coast Arrival Oakland Pier, 7th Street, Oakland--- Ferry Building, San Francisco International Settlement Pacific Avenue between Kearny and Montgomery--- Bella Pacific, 560 Pacific--- Arabian Nights, 592 Pacific--- Barbary Coast, 533 Pacific Frank Sinatra There's A Small Hotel Pal Joey Played On A Garrard 301 Turntable - YouTube Frank Sinatra There's A Small Hotel Pal Joey Played On A Garrard 301 Turntable Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Jan 31, 2014 Pal Joey is a 1957 American musical film, loosely adapted from the musical play of the same name, and starring Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, and Kim Novak.

Jo Ann Greer sang for Hayworth, as she had done previously in Affair in Trinidad and Miss Sadie Thompson. Kim Novak's singing voice was dubbed by Trudy Erwin. The director is George Sidney and the choreographer is Hermes Pan. Considered by many critics as the definitive Frank Sinatra vehicle, Sinatra won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his role as the wise-cracking, hard-bitten Joey Evans. As to be expected, the musical arrangements are particularly fine, with some near-perfect Nelson Riddle charts for the Rodgers and Hart standards "The Lady is a Tramp", "I Didn't Know What Time It Was," "I Could Write a Book" and "There's A Small Hotel." When the picture was released in 1957, Rita Hayworth surprisingly received top billing over Frank Sinatra. Sinatra was, by that time, a bigger star, and his title role was predominant.

When asked about the billing, Sinatra replied, "Ladies first." Pal Joey is one of Frank Sinatra's few post-From Here to Eternity movies in which he did not receive top-billing, Sinatra deciding himself to allow Rita Hayworth this honor stating, with regards to being billed "between" Hayworth and Novak, "That's a sandwich I don't mind being stuck in the middle of." Along with being a strong box office success, Pal Joey also earned four Academy Award nominations and two Golden Globe nominations. Lyrics:

Question: In the 1957 film Pal Joey, who played Joey Evans?
Answer: FRANK SINATRA